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Dedicated professor dies
In celebration of the life of Denise Marie Bradford McGuire, SCSU students and faculty paid homage to the professor Friday at Newman Center for a visitation and mass of Christian burial.
McGuire came to SCSU in 1986 as a professor of biological sciences.
"Denise was an enthusiastic supporter of her students and SCSU," said Patricia Krueger, director of admissions. "She will be seriously missed by many, and she had a lasting impact."
Krueger's son Nick and his wife Donna, were among alumni who were taught by McGuire.
"Dr. McGuire served as both a mentor and advisor to Nick, helping him to prepare for success in medical school," Krueger said.
Besides preparing college students for medical schools, McGuire framed the way for students to work in laboratories.
Al-Hassan Issah Musah, dean of math and science, gives McGuire credit for starting the Biological Technology Program in the early 1990s.
"She was a colleague and a friend," Musah said, "A perfect example of a complete human being. Unbelievable."
Musah said McGuire had a positive outlook and he can only picture her smiling or laughing.
The dean said McGuire had one purpose: students.
"She was there for them, and went beyond her duty," Musah said.
According to the dean, the last program McGuire was working on was the Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics. In Dimensions, the magazine put out by the College of Science and Engineering (Vol. 4 No. 1), it states, "The proposed Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics will be in the Department of Statistics and will incorporate biology, computer science electrical engineering and chemistry.
The intent of the emerging field of Bioinformatics is to assist with the education and training of people who will be in charge of analyzing the huge quantities of information generated from human, plant, and other gnome sequencing, and related activities."
Her peers will miss McGuire also. One professor who worked with McGuire is Janet Woodard.
Both professors came to SCSU at about the same time.
They shared graduate students as well as laboratory time. Woodard said she complemented McGuire's personality as well as her discipline.
McGuire had so much "zip," while Woodard said she is more reserved and quiet.
They became best friends with Dr. John Cronn as their mentor.
Woodard doesn't expect there will be anyone to replace her friend and all the vital work she did for the department and SCSU.
"She was a great professor," said Eu Han Lee, undergraduate student. McGuire is the first professor Lee met when he came to SCSU from Malaysia. "She eased the transition from Malaysia."
McGuire became Lee's advisor and challenged him with researching and learning new techniques.
McGuire is survived by husband Mike and three children, Lisa, Jimmy and Kevin.
Tom Meyer can be reached at: [email protected]
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